A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.